(a)
Every owner of any house or houses, building or buildings shall be
responsible for all charges for water furnished by the city to such
building or buildings, house or houses, and such owners shall be liable
for the payment of said water charges in case the tenant, if any,
occupying such house or houses, building or buildings shall fail to
promptly pay said water charges at the time same shall become due
and payable to the city.
(b)
If the owner of any house or houses, building or buildings shall
fail to pay any such water charges promptly upon demand from the city,
it shall be lawful for the supply of water to be cut off from the
house or houses, building or buildings against which the charges for
water are due and such water supply shall be renewed after the payment
of such water charges, and all owners so failing to pay all water
charges as provided herein shall be liable to a suit for the amount
of such charges at the hands of the city in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the state.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.11)
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, corporation,
or association to connect in any manner any privately owned or operated
water well or water system with any of the city’s water systems,
mains, laterals, or lines.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.12)
Any person or persons guilty of opening, tampering with, or
defacing a meter box on the city water lines in the corporate limits
of the city shall be fined.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.13)
When a water tap is made, a valve shall be placed on the metered
side of the meter adjacent and at the expense of the customer. This
valve is to be used by the customer for the purpose of the customer’s
maintenance. The city will not turn the water on at the meter until
such a valve is put into place.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.14)
The meter valve in the meter box is to be used only by the city,
when service is to be turned on by a placement of a deposit and turned
off when service is to be disconnected by request of the customer
or from lack of payment, or when servicing is required.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.15)
Any person or persons, other than the city employees in the
course of their duty to the city, guilty of turning city water on
or off shall be fined.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.16)
Any person found guilty of tampering with the cut-off contained
in a meter box shall be fined.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.17)
Any person guilty of changing the reading of a water meter or
tampering with a water meter contained in a meter box on the city
water lines in the corporate limits of the city shall be fined.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.18)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either
acting for themselves or by agent or representation, to remove any
clean-out plug and/or mud cap of the sewer system; this prohibition
does not include licensed plumbers under the direct authorization
of the city.
(2002 Code, sec. 12.19)
The city council of the city passed and approved this section
requiring mandatory water connection within the city limits on October
27, 2016. This section mandates that each occupied household, business,
dwelling, etc., shall be connected to the city water system if that
said system is available, or accessible to the property.
(Ordinance 456 adopted 10/27/16)
